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57 Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5DB

2025/3047/PAPrior ApprovalPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Prior Notification of Change of Use from offices to residential ( 6 flats)

Received
23 July 2025
Decided
15 September 2025 · Approval
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 70)

10 weeks typical decision time in West Northamptonshire85% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for a change of use at 57 Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5DB. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,502 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Billing Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Castle Ward. We hold 1,907 applications in total for the NN1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
2025/3047/PA
Address
57 Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5DB
Postcode
NN1 5DB
Local Authority
West Northamptonshire
Application Type
Prior Approval
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
10 - Approved
Ward
Castle Ward
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
7 Chelfham Close Northampton NN3 3AH
Agent Address
Mr Nigel Ozier The Granary Spring Hill Office Park Harborough Road Pitsford NN6 9AA

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
23 July 2025
Target Decision Date
16 September 2025
Date Decided
15 September 2025
Date Validated
23 July 2025
Date Submitted
23 July 2025
Last Date for Comments
28 August 2025

Planning Decision

Decision
Approval
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
55 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
11
Coordinates
52.238342, -0.878500
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: West Northamptonshire

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Billing Road
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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